arlwx Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 http://www.weather.gov/lwx/openhouse Time/Date Saturday April 30th 9 A.M. - 5 P.M. Sunday May 1st Noon - 5 P.M. There will be a Weather-Ready Nation Ceremony on Saturday at 2 pm, featuring: The Honorable Barbara Comstock, U.S. Congresswoman - Virginia 10th District Dr. Louis Uccellini, Director - U.S. National Weather Service Doug Hill, Chief Meteorologist - ABC7/WJLA-TV Kevin Johnson, Director of Emergency Management - Loudoun County VA and James Lee, Meteorologist in Charge - NWS Baltimore/Washington (plus the usual Skywarn classes...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 50/50 chance of going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Been a few years since I went to one of these. I will probably try to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceFrederickWx Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Sounds very nice but that's a long drive for me and I'm busy that weekend anyway. I will, however, be at the Skywarn tropical class in Leonardtown on May 5, but I doubt anyone from this forum will be at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Sounds very nice but that's a long drive for me and I'm busy that weekend anyway. I will, however, be at the Skywarn tropical class in Leonardtown on May 5, but I doubt anyone from this forum will be at that. Somehow LWX no longer has my SKYWARN registration on file/assigned my ID number to a new person. They said I have to retake Basic. My family has a condo down in Leonardtown so if I had Basic I'd be there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceFrederickWx Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Somehow LWX no longer has my SKYWARN registration on file/assigned my ID number to a new person. They said I have to retake Basic. My family has a condo down in Leonardtown so if I had Basic I'd be there! Wow that's crazy. They don't have anything on file with your name/address or any other way to verify you took it before? When did you take Basic before? I think they sent me a confirmation E-mail when I completed mine? Maybe you could send them that (if you saved it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 50/50 chance of going I have a 2% to 97.5% chance of going. There is a 12%-37% chance that I will go and be early. There is a 28%-45% chance that I will go and be on time. There is a 42%-63% chance that I will go and be late. There is a 51%-75% chance that I won't go. There is a 64%-81% chance that I will go but there will only be trace amounts of me there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Wow that's crazy. They don't have anything on file with your name/address or any other way to verify you took it before? When did you take Basic before? I think they sent me a confirmation E-mail when I completed mine? Maybe you could send them that (if you saved it). It was a LONGGGG time ago. I asked if they throw out old registrations and they said they do not. I did Basic before I hit the age requirement but my ID number did work for quite a while. I suspect somewhere along the way the time elapsed is what caused the problem. I don't mind taking the training again but I haven't found a class that's at a convenient time or place for me. I don't have an email anymore to prove that I was trained. All I know is it worked before and when I went to report snowfall during the blizzard they literally had no idea who I was. They said my ID number now belongs to a person who lives at a different address. Very weird indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Might go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 I'd love to take the kiddo, but it's one hell of a drive for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 I'd love to take the kiddo, but it's one hell of a drive for me she'd love the balloon launch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozz Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 It's a little far, but it was a lot of fun the last time I went Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeRedheads Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Might go It's a little far, but it was a lot of fun the last time I went It was fun when we went a few years ago. Wonder if Dave will still be around. I have to work that Saturday, so I probably won't go, but there's always Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormpc Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 It was a LONGGGG time ago. I asked if they throw out old registrations and they said they do not. I did Basic before I hit the age requirement but my ID number did work for quite a while. I suspect somewhere along the way the time elapsed is what caused the problem. I don't mind taking the training again but I haven't found a class that's at a convenient time or place for me. I don't have an email anymore to prove that I was trained. All I know is it worked before and when I went to report snowfall during the blizzard they literally had no idea who I was. They said my ID number now belongs to a person who lives at a different address. Very weird indeed. Same happened here. Took the class with Barbara Watson about 15 years ago. There was no record of me doing so even a year after so I never bothered to follow up. I was pissed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Same happened here. Took the class with Barbara Watson about 15 years ago. There was no record of me doing so even a year after so I never bothered to follow up. I was pissed. It was probably 11 or 12 years ago for me. I took it in downtown Silver Spring at the NOAA building if I'm remembering correctly. I remember I was too young by a year or so at that time so they said they'd make an exception or something. ID worked fine for many years. Interesting to hear it happened to somebody else. Not only did they reassign my ID somehow but they also had no record of my address, name or anything. Almost like I was erased from the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arlwx Posted April 12, 2016 Author Share Posted April 12, 2016 Schedule is now up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterymix Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 I'd love to take the kiddo, but it's one hell of a drive for me The authorities have been alerted about toddlers strapped to weather balloons. If you are gonna do it anyway, make sure the kid is gassy. It helps during liftoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Just found that I'll be representing the Montgomery County booth those days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Gonna go Sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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